Machine for cutting bisks ebom sheet material



I O u# 0 wn 0.1. RANDALL. MACHINE FOR CUTTING DISKS FROM SHEET MATERIAL.

Patented Get. 10, 1922.

APIICATIUN FILED MAY 24, T920.

Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHETEB J'. RANDALL, 0F NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOODYEABS METALLIC RUBBER SHOE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOB CUTTING DISXS FROM SHEET MATERIAL.

Application led lay 24, 1920. Serial No. 383,620.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, CHESTER J. Reimann,l

a citizen of the United 'States residing at Naugatuck, county of New aven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Cutting Disks from Sheet Material, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a machine for cutting disks from sheet material, more articularly to a machine for cutting printed ijabels in disk form from a strip of rubber, which labels ma be attached to various rubber articles suc as footwear.

Owing to the peculiar nature of rubber it is impracticable to cut these labels by an ordinary die and it has been common previously to my invention to cut the labels by hand from the Vstrip, which is a laborious and time consuming operation.

`An object of my invention is to provide a simple and effective machine for automatically cutting the labels from a printed strip.

Another object is to provide means for preventin the cutting of defective labels without t e necessity of stopping the machine.

Still another object is to provide an effective means for ejecting the cut labels from the strip.

A further object is to provide a machine in` which the necessity for sharpening the cuttin die is obviated.

Stilfurther objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawlngs, Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machme;`

Fi 2 is a transverse vertical section, showing certain of the parts in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a detail of one of the operating cams, and

, Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section o f the cutting die 'and rotalgy anvil.

Referring to the rawings the numeral 1 designates a base or support, from which arises a .frame 2 carryin at its u per end a main shaft 3 mounte in suita le bearings, a drive pulley 4 being mounted on the shaft and carrying a belt 5 connected to any suitable source of power. Mounted on the shaft 3 is a cam wheel 6 rovided with a cam groove 7, in which is is osed a follower 8 carried by the upper en of an arm 9 rlgidly connected to a sleeve 10, mounted on a shaft carried by the bracket 10 pro- ]ectln from the frame 2. Also projecting from t e sleeve 10 is a pair of spaced arms v11 to the ends of which is pivotally connected acplungfr 12, the upper end of which 1s guide in a channel 13 formed in the frame 2. The lower portion of the plunger l12 1s enlarged to form a yoke 12' terminatingin a tubular sleeve in which is secured a tubular die head 14, the latter in turn havmg .adjustably mounted therein a tubular cutting die 15. The upper portion of the cutting die is counter-bored as shown at 16 and its lower end is beveled at 17 to form a cuttin edge.

Coactln with the cuttin die is an annular rotata le anvil forme by a circularly arrangedseries of balls 18 mounted in a ball race 19, the latter being carried by a sleeve 20 slidably connected with a rotatable spindle 21 by means of pins 22 on the spindle movable in slots 23 in the sleeve. Springs 24 interposed between the head of the sleevei20 and a shoulder on the spindle 21 form a yieldable mounting for the sleeve and the ball anvil carried thereby. A casing 25 surrounds the anvil and upper end of the rotatable spindle 21, said casing being supported by a base 26 resting upon the support 1. he support 1 is provided with a sleeve 27 and the spindle 21 is slidable in the base 26 and sleeve 27. Surrounding the spindle 21 within the casing 25 is a ball thrust bearing 28, which is held between a fiange 29 on the spindle and a forked wedge member 30 surrounding the spindle and having a limited vertical movement in the channel 31 formed in the base 26, end movement of said wedge member 30 being prevented by steady pins 32. The forked wedge member 30 and supported spindle' 21 are raised by a coacting orked wedge member 33 engaging the member 30 and longitudinally s ldable in the `channel 31, reciprocatory movement being imparted to the wedge member 33 by an operating lever 34 having a gin and slot connection with its outer end, t e lever being ivotally mounted at 35 on the support 1. e lower end of the lever 34 has a in and slot connection withY a forked loc ing bar 36, the

urpose of -which will be later explained. lecured to the lower end of the spindle 21 is a pulley 37 the belt 37 of which passes desired manner, as by a pawl and ratchet,

over idler pulleys 38 and thence over the drive ulley 39 mounted on the main shaft. Slidaby mounted in the spindle 21 is a plunger rod 40 carrying at its upper end a plunger head 41 and aving ad acent its lower end a lookin llange 42 a d to coact with the locking bar 36. Pivotally connected to the lower end of the plunger rod 40 is a .lever 43 fulcrumed at 44 and havin pivotally connected to it adjacent its ot er end a link 45 carrying a plun er 46, said plun er being slidable in a cylinder 47 slidab y mounted in the su port 1, a coil s rin 48 being interposed etween the headp of t e'cylinder 47 and the plun er 46. Secured to the head of the cylin er 47 is a plunger rod 49 reoiprocable in the bearing `5() and carrying at its upper end a cam roller 51 coacting with the peripheral cam 52 on the cam wheel 53 mounted on the main shaft 3. A coiled return spring 54 is secured to the end of lever 43 and to the support 1. A pair of opposed gulde plates 55 having undercut edges 56 provide a guide channel for feeding the label stri between the die and anvil.

'llhe cutter shown is intended to be used in conjunction witha label rinting mechanism, not shown, and forming no part of the present invention, the strip having the printed labels thereon bein fed from the printing mechanism to and t rough the cutting mechanism by a pair of feed devices. Each feed device comprises a lower roll 57, which may be intermittently driven in any and coacting with the lower roll is a spring pressed idler roll 58. In order to prevent overthrow of the lower driven roll brake members 59 and 60 are provided, said members being pivotally mounted at 61 and adapted to frict-ionally Contact with the braking surface 62 provided op the roll. A pin 63 secured to the brake member 60 passes freely through the end of the brake member 59 and its threaded end is provided with an adjust-ing nut 64 and lock nut 65, a coiled compression spring 66 being interposed on the rod 63 between the adjustin nut 64 and end of the brake member 59. he drive for the specific feed devices disclosed has not been shown as the feed devices form no part of the present invention and any suitable feed mechanism may be used.

In o eration the printed label strip is fed throug the cutting mechanism by the feed devices and passes through the guide channel formed by the plates 55 and between the cutting die and anvil. The lever 34 is pressed in toward the machine. thereby liftmg the anvil to operative position. and as the printed label strip is intermittently fed through the machine the cuttingr die i5 is intermittently brought into coaction with the anvil through the mechanism operated by to the cutting die he momentari bar 36 inwardl the cam wheel 6. The cam 52 is so timed that at the finish of each cutting operation it acts upon the cam roller 51 to de ress the plunger rod 49 and cylinder 47 which latter through the intermediary of the spring 48, plunger 46, link 45, lever 43 and plunger rod 40 resiliently elevates the plunger head 41 to project the cut label upwardly .within the cutting die 15. The stroke of the plunger rod 40 is of just suicient length to project the cut label into the counter-bore 16, the shoulder at the bottom of which revente any retro de movement of the label, and after a su cient number 'of labels have been cut they are ejected within the yoke 12 and may be removed. Should the operator detect a defective label in the stri as it is fed y draws out the lever 34 at the proper time, thereby allowing the anvil to be depd from operative relation with the cutting die and at the same time projecting the forked stop 4until it passesv over the flan or shoul er 42, thereby locking the labe ejectin plunger 41 against upward movement. y reason of the resilient connection 46, 47 and 48 in the operating mechanism for the plunger head, the necessity for stopping the machine during this operation is obviated. The sprin 24 furnish a resilient mountin for the bill anvil 13, thereby allowing e anvil to yield if by chance any hard object should be fed between the die and anvil and preventing injury to the die or anvil. They also maintain the balls in contact with the die, irres ective of irregularities in its edge or slight tilting of the die.

While the cutting die has been shown with a beveled edge 17 this is not essential, due to the rolling action of the anvil'18, and the only difference is that when a die which is not sharp is used the cut edge of the label will be more or less beveled2 which in certain instances is desirable. It is obvious that the die and anvil need not neces sarily be circular in shape, but may be elliptical or of other closed form, and rollers may be used instead of balls.

While in the present instance a specific disclosure of the drive means for the cutting dent that any other suitable mechanism may be used, and in particular the belt 37 may be driven independently if desired. As the rotatable spindle and ball anvil carried thereby should be driven at a relative] high speed. such independent drive may he advisable.

It is evident from the disclosure that the device is not limited in its use to the cutting of labels, but may articles of a similar shape.

Such other changes may be made iu the mechanism as the present disclosure would die and anvil has been made, it is evi-` be used for cutting other ing in the art, without desuggest to'cne skilled tive osition when' desired, and means for parting from the scope of e appended relatively rotating the die and anvil.

claims. a

Having thus described my invention, what I Vclaim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is: V

1. In a disk cutting machine, a die, an anvil, means for bringing said parts into and out of cutting relation, means independent of said first means for rendering them ino rative, means for giving them an additional relative movement dur' said movement, means for removin t e cut disk from the path of the materi from which it is cut, and means coacting dependent means for rendering said disk red moving means inoperative. v V

2. In a disk cutting machine, a die, an anvil' including a series of spaced movable faces coacting with the die, means for relatively reciprocatingthe die and anvil, means for simultaneously causing different portions of said faces to be resented to the die, and means for at vil inoperative while the machine is running.

3. In a disk cutting machine, a meerwcating die, a yieldingly mounted anvil inc u ing a series of closely spaced movable faces coacti with the die, and means for causing di erent portions of said faces to be presented to the die during the cutting operation. w

4. In a disk cutting machine, a reciprocating die, a yieldingl mounted anvil includa series of close y spaced movable faces coacting with the die, and means for rotating the anvil. Y n

5. In a disk cutting machine, cutti devices, one ofpoints with the material to be the other of which contact means for automatically intermittently bringing said devices into cutting relation means or at will rendering one ofv sai devices inoperative, and means for relatively rotating said devices.

6. In a disk cutting machine, cooperating cutting devices, one o which carries a cutting edgeand the other of which carriesl cooperating movable cutting elements, automatic means for reciprocating said gs, manual means for disposing said 4Inova le elements in and means for rotating one of the cutting devices relatively to the other. A

7. In a disk cutt ously reciprocatory cut and die, a yieldingly mounted anvil coo rat ng therewith, means for rotatin sai i1, means for centering a strip o material with relation to the die and anvil, and means for removing cut d' from the path ofthe material.

8. In a disk cutting machine, a die, an anvil, means for reciprocating one of them, means for moving the other to an-inopera with said in- A will rendering the .ani i .-7 f which contacts atifmeansferreventing the return of disks so d `points,

co-operative relation therewith,v

mach' e, a continia' machine, aA die, an

for relatively rotating them, automatic means -for removing cut isks from the ath of the material, and `means for at wil rendering said last means inoperative. l

10. In a disk cutting machine, a die, an anvil, 4means for relatively reciprocating them, means for simultaneously relatively rotatin' them, means for removing cut disks from for operating said last means including a lost motion connection.

11. In a disk cutting anvil, means for relatively reciprocating them, means for relatively rotating them, means for removing cut disks from the path of the Amaterial, and means for operating said last means including a yielding connece tion.

12. Ina disk cutting anvil, lmeans for Vrelatively reciprocating them, Ameans for relatively rotatin them, means forremoving cut disks fr0 path machine, a die, .an

machine, a die, .an

m t e of theV material, a continuously operating drivin means for said last means including a yiel 'ng connection, and means for locking the disk removing means against movement.

13. In a disk cutting machine, an annular cutting ar anvil., means for relation,

first movemen means f one of said annular parts, and

directed.

14. In a disk cutting machine, a reciprocable .annular cutting die, an annular anvil formed of a series of closely s aced balls, means for bringing the die an anvil into coolperative relation diametrically. of each ba and means for relatively 15. In a disk cutting machine, a reciprocable annular cutting die, an annular anvil formed of a series ofclosely ,spaced balls, means for bringing the die an anvil into coo rative relation diametrically of each ba means for relatively vrotating them, means for removing the cut disks from the path of the material from which they are cut, and means overned by said first. means for rendering t e disk removing means inoperative.

16. In a disk cutting machine,

against for relatively reciprocating e pathof the material, and means rotating them.

E wie X l 1,431,541 p 4 cutting die, means for reciproca( the mounted in a raeeway and'adapted to met 20 saine, an annular rotatable anvil inclu a series of balls'coacting with the die, means for removing the out disks from the p of the material, and means for simultaneously movin to an inoperative position auf lockingthe disk removing means against operation.

18. In a disk cutting machine, an annular reciproeatory `e, an annular rotatable anvil, means for .projecting the cut disk through the die, and simultaneously moving the anvil to anK inoperative position and locking the disk projecting means against operation. v

19. In a label cutting machine, an annular cutting die, means for intermittent] reciprocating the same, an annular yields.

vil comprising a series o lysu -v f with said die,'m8sns for rotem Said In l means for projecting out labels within die, and means for simultaneolisl mo said anvil to an inoperative position locking said label proiecting means agaiiut 25 movement.

or causing a rollingeoiitaetbetweensaid die and membem Signed at Naiigatu n Conn. 19th as day ofMay, da i I 1920. CHESTER .1.2 

